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Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesday lost Yiet Yang, an elderly snow leopard and stately dowager of its lion house, when severe weakness from chronic renal failure and increasing lameness in her rear legs led veterinarians to euthanize her. "She has been declining for a number of years," said Robyn Barbiers, the zoo's vice president of collections. "In the last few days she wasn't getting around as well as she should, so keepers on Tuesday coaxed her indoors. She was in such bad shape, she was having trouble getting up and keeping her balance well enough to stand."

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Gabriel Saez was riding Eight Belles when she broke both front ankles while galloping out a quarter of a mile past the wire. She was euthanized on the track. PETA faxed a letter Sunday to Kentucky's racing authority claiming the filly was "doubtlessly injured before the finish" and asked that Saez be suspended while Eight Belles' death is investigated.

An elderly female chimpanzee who had the rare distinction of pushing aside a male to become the dominant leader of her troop at Lincoln Park Zoo was euthanized by keepers Thursday. Born in the wild, the 42-year-old chimp named Donna had gone into a coma after being anesthetized for a routine physical exam. Three zoo veterinarians, including chief vet Kathryn Gamble, had just completed Donna's annual physical, a 45-minute procedure, in the zoo's ape house when the animal's heart and breathing stopped during the recovery period from the anesthesia.

Cat haters, never mind: The tiny town of Randolph has rescinded a $5 bounty on feral felines. The City Council had approved the bounty after receiving complaints about feral cats. Under the initial policy, which went into effect March 1, stray cats without collars would be taken to a veterinarian, and if they weren't claimed, euthanized. That caused an uproar. Last week, the city voted to end the bounty and form a task force. ---------- Page compiled from Tribune news services

Rolo the dog, who got loose last summer and bit or scratched a neighbor as she held her toddler, has dodged a death sentence for the second time. In what dog owners hailed as a victory, Arvada Municipal Judge Mike Graber on Wednesday gave the 5-year-old German shepherd a reprieve. But Graber sternly cautioned Rolo's owner that she must comply with a list of sanctions. "I'm trying to balance your rights and interests as well as the needs of the community," Graber told Laura Hagan.

Surrounded by pooches at the new Pets Are Worth Saving shelter in Lincoln Park, animal advocates and a state representative Sunday announced a proposal banning the use of carbon monoxide to euthanize dogs and cats. "Illinois is one of the minority of states that allows this to be done," said state Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago), who introduced the legislation. Animal rights advocates have found two animal shelters and one dog-breeding operation, all Downstate, that still use carbon monoxide as a way to euthanize unwanted animals, said Jordan Matyas, an attorney for the Chicago English Bulldog Rescue Group, which is pushing for the new law. Although legal in Illinois, Matyas and PAWS founder Paula Fasseas said, the practice is widely viewed as inhumane and can be particularly cruel if performed by people who are not licensed to euthanize animals.

British police and animal welfare authorities rescued 84 neglected horses Wednesday from a farm where they had found 31 dead horses, ponies and donkeys, officials said. Three horses had to be euthanized immediately because they were suffering so badly and 14 others were taken away, said an official with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

After 51 years living in the Pachyderm House, Hansel the hippopotamus was one of the Brookfield Zoo's longest residents. But on Thursday morning, zoo veterinarians made the difficult decision to euthanize Hansel, who was the second-oldest male hippo living in a North American zoo. The hippopotamus had been suffering from arthritis in recent years, said Tom Meehan, vice president of veterinary services at the zoo, and was no longer responding to...

The two pit bulls who mauled an 8-year-old Roseland neighborhood boy in his parents' yard have been given to the city by their owners to be euthanized, a city official said. Joshua Dixon of the 10100 block of South State Street was attacked by his family's two pit bulls inside his home's gated yard Wednesday evening, police said. He was returning from school when he was attacked. The dogs knocked the boy down and bit him multiple times, injuring his face, police said. From Animal Care and Control's investigation, it appears that both dogs -- one male, one female -- bit the boy during the attack, said Mark Rosenthal, the operations manager at Animal Care and Control.